how on earth would you know what distinct value God places over humans vs animals????

if a soul who has taken many breaths in the world is equivalent to a soul that has never been born and has taken no breaths, how can we say a human souls are more valuable than animal souls? how can a soul of an unborn human be more valuable than the soul of a living orca or gorilla?

this makes no sense.

the use of the word "souls" to describe plane crash victims always struck me as eerie. but i suppose its out of respect, not out of some form of legality. besides, if a woman on board is like 2 weeks preggers, theyre not gonna count that unborn baby. but they would if she was 8 months pregnant. but a soul is a soul and we are terrible at quantifying them.